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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Woman Hollering Creek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “my darling”?
(a) Mal aire
(b) Mi querida
(c) Que vida
(d) La consentida

2. What does the laundromat attendant first yell at Cleofilas for, according to the narrator?
(a) Leaving the machines unattended
(b) Putting too much soap in the machines
(c) Hanging her clothes to dry
(d) Overloading the machines

3. Who does Graciela make a phone call to in the third section of the story?
(a) Soledad
(b) Felice
(c) Dolores
(d) Maria

4. What is translated from Spanish as “who knows, beyond the Indians”?
(a) Tu o Nadie
(b) Pues, alla de los indios, quien sabe
(c) No es bueno para la salud
(d) En el otro lado

5. What is the name of the woman who drowns her children in the legend of “La Llorona”?
(a) Trini
(b) Maria
(c) Felice
(d) Soledad

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to a dead body?

2. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?

3. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro’s face is still scarred from what?

4. What does Cleofilas twist into knots, fans, and roses when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?

5. What town does Juan Pedro take Cleofilas to live in after they wed?

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